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Electricity Transmission Co. signs two
power unit contracts
EGYPT EGYPT’S Electricity Transmission Co. (EETC) The second contract concerns the supply of
has signed two power unit construction con- equipment, conducting civil works and pulling
tracts worth EGP240mn ($15.26mn) with Mega of wires for the construction of a dual-circuit
Construction and Industries to service the Suez 66-kV Hamra El Dabaa overhead line over 42.5
Canal zone as well as Alexandria and West Delta km at a total cost of EGP126mn. The contract
regions. includes the supplying of ground wire with
The first contract is for the 4 x 40-MVA capac- optical fibre and accessories and testing it with
ity Al Abbas transformer that will be built at a a turnkey system to feed a 66-kV transformer
total cost of EGP114mn for the Canal Electricity station on the North Coast that serves the new
region on a turnkey system in order to preserve residential city in El Dabaa as part of Alexandria
operational safety in light of increased loads in and West Delta Electricity District.
the region. The project has a 12-month imple-
mentation period from the date of contract
signing.
LTWP’s emergency food to benefit 13,000
pupils in northern Kenya
KENYA A food programme run by Lake Turkana Wind launch.
Power Ltd (LTWP) and valued at KES12mn A report by the United Nations Office for the
($105,862) will benefit 13,000 pupils in Marsabit Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs indicates
county in northern Kenya. that the cumulative impact of two consecutive
The two-month emergency food relief poor rainy seasons had caused humanitarian
launched by LTWP on Wednesday (January 12) needs to rise rapidly in the arid and semi-arid
will be distributed directly to schools by the firm’s land (ASAL) region of Kenya. Marsabit county
community liaison team in the county where the is in the ASAL region.
company’s wind farm is located. Marsabit County Commissioner Paul Rotich
The generation units, along with other facil- called on more organisations to join hands to
ities, are in the Loiyangalani area of Marsabit cushion local communities affected by drought.
county, approximately 545 kilometres (km) “Our role includes building resilient relation-
by road north of the capital Nairobi. The wind ships that directly support all aspects of families’
farm, covering 160 km2, has a capacity of 310 wellbeing. We can make a difference if govern-
megawatts. ments, organisations and the private sector act
LTWP’s CEO Philip Leferink said the emer- swiftly to meet the needs of affected communi-
gency food relief programme was vital and ties,” he said.
timely for the continuity of pupils’ education County Director of Education Apollo Apuko
during their last term of the academic year. urged Kenyans to collaborate in alleviating
“The drought situation in northern Kenya chronic the food insecurity challenge affecting
is dire. We as LTWP have ramped up drought communities.
assistance programmes and we will provide suf- “Food security affects delivery of education to
ficient food to feed each primary school pupil children, especially in the formative years. This
daily, in all sixty primary schools in Laisamis should be a priority for us. I believe investment
constituency,” he said during the programme’s in knowledge pays the best interest,” he said.
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